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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220812-181944-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/extra-constitutional-commitment-mechanisms/ Extra-Constitutional Commitment Mechanisms - From Climate Change to Artificial Intelligence Perez, Oren eng 2022-08-12 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Artificial Intelligence climate change Future Generations Longtermism Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The solution to many public dilemmas requires long-term effort by successive generations. Such situation arises whenever the solution to a public dilemma cannot be implemented instantaneously but is dependent on the continuous effort of future governments (and their citizens). In this post I discuss the problem of securing intergenerational cooperation, focusing on the challenge of designing long-term commitment mechanisms. I will also reflect briefly on the tension between commitment mechanisms and the democratic ideal of citizen sovereignty (allowing each generation to make its own choices).